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It was an interesting welterweight clash that pitted fighters from both the Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito camps against each other on Friday night at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas. WBC #7, WBO #8 welterweight Jesus Soto-Karass (21-3-3, 15 KOs), trained by Javier Capetillo and managed by Francisco Espinoza (same as Margarito), scored an eighth round TKO over WBC #9 ranked David Estrada (22-5, 13 KOs), who is trained by Evangelista Cotto (trainer and uncle of Cotto)....
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It was an interesting welterweight clash that pitted fighters from both the Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito camps against each other on Friday night at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas. WBC #7, WBO #8 welterweight Jesus Soto-Karass (21-3-3, 15 KOs), trained by Javier Capetillo and managed by Francisco Espinoza (same as Margarito), scored an eighth round TKO over WBC #9 ranked David Estrada (22-5, 13 KOs), who is trained by Evangelista Cotto (trainer and uncle of Cotto). Soto-Karass dropped Estrada in round eight and although Estrada beat the count, the bout was waved off by referee Tony Weeks at 1:03 of the round.Unbeaten super featherweight Brandon Rios (18-0, 11 KOs) demolished former Johnny Tapia-conqueror Sandro Marcos (29-19-2, 24 KOs). Rios dropped Marcos in round one and then three times in round two before the bout was stopped at the 2:13 mark..
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